The ancient traffic made Xia Jing very unaccustomed to wearing it from the end of the world, even if she wore it for half a year, she still didn't get used to it.

Although the social order collapsed in the last days, many infrastructure buildings could still be maintained.

For example, the main means of transportation are cars, ships and airplanes, and the teachers at the base also explained the oil refining process to these last two generations.

When you think of oil, you think of cars, her space has been completely unsealed, and there are several cars in it, but it is a bit unrealistic to want to release them, and it is impossible to make cars in this era.

For a moment, Xia Jing couldn't help but sigh.

It only takes about ten minutes to drive from the city to the military camp on the outskirts of the city, but in ancient times, it had to be wobbly for an hour.

"Princess, is this bamboo cushion comfortable to sit on?"

"It's fine."

Hearing Hongmei's question, Xia Jing felt that there was a cotton mat under the bamboo mat, which was cool, soft and not awkward, but the road conditions were too bad, and since the carriage was fully prepared, it was still uncomfortable.

Hongmei lifted the curtain and looked at the bright sunlight outside, and couldn't help frowning, "When I came to Lingnan, the slave maid didn't feel cool, it seems to give people the feeling that it's only summer, and I don't know how long this weather will last?" ”

Xia Jing smiled: "You'll know in winter." ”

Hongmei smiled silently, "Then the slave maid will feel what the winter in Lingnan is like." ”

While the two were talking, Xia Jing suddenly asked about the cement factory, "Do you know what the output and sales of the cement factory are now?" ”

Hongmei really heard Ye Fei talk about this, "The current output of the factory in the northern suburbs of the city is enough to supply the entire Lingnan, I heard Captain Ye say that the branch factory built in Qujiang will deal with foreign dealers, and it just so happens that there is a Duwei Mansion in Qujiang, so there is no need to worry about the bandits from the Nanling Mountains flowing to Qujiang to make trouble." ”

Xia Jing nodded when she heard this, she had heard Ye Fei's report on the matter of running a branch factory once, but at that time, her mind was all on the iron workshop and she didn't pay too much attention.

It is appropriate for him to place the location of the branch in Qujiang, which can reach Nan'an to the southeast, Guiyang County to the north, and Yangshan to the southwest, which is a traffic fortress from south to north.

"Now that the salt shop is on the right track, after you go back, you go to the shopkeeper Ding, ask him to hand over the salt shop to others to be responsible, let him free up his hands to build infrastructure, and first build the road on this side of Lingnan Mansion City for me."

It is inconvenient for Ye Fei to be responsible for the construction of the real estate in the north of the city, Ye Fei is the captain of her personal guard, and his first responsibility is to bear her security work.

Now the shopkeeper Ding is transferred from the salt shop, which is just in charge of the infrastructure construction.

Most of the streets in the castle are paved with bluestone slabs, but the roads outside the castle are mostly dirt roads, and when it rains, they are muddy and pothole-ridden.

Hongmei's eyes were full of anticipation, looking forward to how smooth the road would be when it was paved, "The slave will pass a message to the shopkeeper Ding when she goes back." ”

The barracks heard that Xia Jing would come over, and Ye Fei brought someone out early.

Seeing the long convoy, Ye Fei raised his eyebrows slightly, what did the princess get to reward the soldiers?

Xia He, who came out with Ye Fei, was not as subtle as Ye Fei, he saw the convoy coming from afar, and asked, "The princess has brought ingredients here, and is ready to reward our brothers who went to sea this time?" ”

After returning victorious, getting six boatloads of supplies, and eating a meal of food is not excessive, it is no wonder that Xia He will think that there is food in the carriage.

When the carriage arrived at the gate of the camp, Xia He quickly greeted him.

Xia Jing got off the carriage and met Xia He's smiling face, "I've seen the princess, the princess has worked hard." ”

Xia Jing: "."

Ye Fei was a step behind, and he stepped forward to salute: "I've seen the princess." ”

Xia Jing turned her head to look at Xia He, who had already gone to the carriage behind, and turned back to ask Ye Fei, "What good thing happened to that kid who was so happy today?" ”

Ye Fei pursed his lower lip, held back a smile, and replied: "Back to the princess, he should have thought that you killed pigs and slaughtered sheep in the city, and you came here with meat." ”

Xia Jing suddenly, "This kid is crazy about feelings!" ”

However, their words also reminded her that the soldiers should celebrate when they returned from a great victory.

So, she instructed him: "I was negligent in this matter, you send someone to buy some pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks in the surrounding area, and come back, it should be regarded as a celebration of this great victory." ”

Ye Fei nodded, "Okay, I'll arrange it later." ”

"Ahh Princess, in this carriage"

Xia Jing and Ye Fei were talking, and when they heard Xia He's exclamation, they both turned their heads.

When Xia Jing turned her head, her hair fell on Ye Fei's face, so frightened that he hurriedly took two steps back, but the fragrance on her hair remained on the tip of her nose.

Ye Fei took a deep breath uncomfortably, and glared at Xia He: "Are you still like an officer and soldier?" What a system of yelling and screaming! ”

Although Xia He is the nephew of the princess, he is just a small soldier in the military camp, what he did is not right, Ye Fei has the right to scold him.

Xia Jing was not angry, Xia He's startled habit had his own superiors to discipline him.

She turned her head to Ye Fei and said, "These dozen or so carriages are all pulling ordnance, you send people to unload them, because there are not many of them for the time being, and they are only equipped with the most elite troops." ”

Ye Fei was overjoyed when he heard this, and saluted Xia Jing, "Yes, my subordinates will arrange it!" ”

Xia Jing looked at the corners of his mouth that were getting bigger and bigger, and waved her hand funny, "Go, go." ”

The soldiers who waited for the welcome to come out went to arrange the unloading of the ordnance, and Hongmei came to Xia Jing's side, "Princess, why do the slaves and maids think that these men are happier when they see the ordnance than when they see their own daughter-in-law?" ”

"Hehe, men love horses and weapons, maybe just as women love clothes and jewelry."

Xia Jing entered the camp and heard the shouting from the training ground, so she took Hongmei and a few guards to the training ground.

Thousands of soldiers sweated like rain in the training ground, and practiced every move and style very seriously.

Only the movements of the teams in the northeast corner were slightly stiff and sluggish, and at a glance they knew that they were not familiar with the moves of the soldiers.

Without asking, Xia Jing knew that these people should be hundreds of pirates who returned from submission this time.

Xia Jing did not go to the stand, but surrounded the training ground to inspect the drills of the soldiers.

"The last general, Sima Lu, has seen the princess."

Sima Lu, who supervised the training of the soldiers, saw Xia Jing coming over and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Xia Jing looked at the tall middle-aged man in front of her, handsome and elegant, coupled with the military uniform on his body, the temperament of a Confucian general came to his face.

has been a bandit for more than ten years, but there is no gangsterism.

"Sima Lu, what is your official position now?"

Sima Lu arched his hand and said: "The last general has taken refuge under the command of the fifth master, and his current official position is to be a general." ”

Xia Jing listened to his words and asked with a smile: "Is there a suspicion that the general will bury your talent?" ”

Sima Lu's face was solemn, and he replied: "No, the fifth master can give the last general a chance to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and the last general is already very grateful, and he doesn't care about the size of the official position." ”

Xia Jing smiled slightly: "With your talent, I believe that you will soon be promoted to the general soldier, come on and accumulate military merits." ”

Sima Lu listened to her words of encouragement, raised his eyes and looked at her seriously, and smiled, agreeing that what she said was true.

Xia Jing glanced at the team behind him and asked with interest, "Who is your former second leader in the team?" ”

She had heard that Sima Lu's department had a capable right-hand man in Luofu Mountain, that is, the second master who helped him manage logistics.

Sima Lu glanced at Xia Jing, turned around and beckoned to the queue, and saw a man at the front of the line walking out of the queue.

When the others approached, he introduced to Xia Jing, "This is the second master of the last general, and now he is Ma Qilin, the deputy general of the fifth master!" ”

"Marchlin has seen the princess." Seeing this, Marclin stepped forward to salute.

Xia Jing raised her hand, "No need to be polite, are you still used to coming to the camp?" ”

"Thank you princess for your concern, I'm still used to it."

"It's good to get used to it, I heard that you used to be in charge of logistics in Luofu Mountain, if I let you take care of logistics, would you be willing?"

Xia Jing noticed that Ma Qilin's eyes flashed from time to time, if this person was willing, she really wanted to transfer him to her side and manage the logistics for her.

Ma Qilin raised his head and looked at Xia Jing suspiciously, "Is it to manage the logistics of the Fifth Master's military camp?" ”

Xia Jing pursed her lips and nodded with a smile, "Well, our team is expanding a bit fast, and we urgently need an experienced and courageous official to help manage the logistics, and it can be regarded as the great Sima of your fifth master." ”

In fact, she doesn't mind giving him more power if she has the ability.

Sima Lu was overjoyed when he heard this, and when he saw that his brother was in a daze, he hurriedly pushed him.

Ma Qilin came back to his senses and hurriedly bowed down to thank him, "My subordinates will receive orders and will live up to the trust of the princess." ”

Xia Jing nodded with a smile, walked past them and continued to walk towards the northeast corner.

With the sound of a whistle, the training of the soldiers was temporarily suspended.

Xia Jing came to the location of the pirates and walked to the man who was standing in the shade of the tree wiping his sweat.

"If I'm not mistaken, you should be called Gu San."

Gu San had been very nervous when he found out that Xia Jing was coming, and he was even more shocked when he heard her words, he didn't expect that the princess would remember such a small person as him.

He subconsciously opened his mouth and asked, "How do you know that my name is Gu San?" ”

Xia Jing smiled slightly: "I have long heard that you have a talent for language, and I have always wanted to meet you, but I finally saw you today, and I recognized it at a glance, because you have aura than others." ”

Listening to these half-truths, Gu San's heart was full of joy, but he was still trying to maintain his composure on his face, "The princess praises falsely, it is just a small skill of carving insects, and it is difficult to be elegant." ”

Xia Jing shook her head, "Any skill will be useful, you don't have to be presumptuous, I heard that you grew up at sea since you were a child, but is it true?" ”

Gu San glanced at Xia Jing in surprise, then nodded, he didn't expect her to understand him, he tried to think about his own value, and found that there was only language talent.

"Can you tell me what languages you speak?"

Gu San replied quickly to what he was good at, "Portuguese, English, and Spanish." ”

Xia Jing was originally tempted, but after listening to Gu San's answer, she was shocked, if this is an overhead dynasty, then why is the language of the Xiyi people the same as that of the European countries in the previous life?

Moreover, Gu San's ability to learn these three languages must have been in contact with the people of these three countries, so the question is, when European countries go to the Pacific Ocean, does it mean that many places in the Nanyang countries have become colonies of European countries?

However, fortunately, this point was clear, and Xia Jing made up her mind to develop the naval force.

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On the narrow mountain road of the Nanling Mountains, a caravan of horse-drawn carriages was moving slowly on the mountain road.

It is cool to walk on the mountain road in hot weather, and sometimes there is a gentle mountain breeze to relieve the heat when going downhill, and the climate is more comfortable than walking on the flat road, but the only bad thing about the mountain road is that it is difficult to walk.

"Let's hold on a little longer, we will rest after this slope, the guards on the left and right, pay attention to dragging the carriage, don't let the carriage run out of control and rush down the cliff!" Xia Qingshan wiped the sweat from his face and yelled at the back of the team.

This time, their Xia family caravan transported snowflake salt to Jingzhou, and the journey was quite smooth.

Lingnan's snowflake salt has already been sold in the surrounding places, and the families in the surrounding areas are proud to eat snowflake salt.

Dozens of wagons of snowflake salt were snapped up as soon as they arrived in Guiyang County in Jingzhou.

Finally, after descending the slope, the team found a flat clearing and stopped.

The coachmen had to take care of the horses, mules, food, drink, and Lazar before they could rest on their own.

Xia Jiang walked to Xia Qingshan's side with the water bladder and sat down, and handed him the water bladder in his hand, "Dad, this time the crossing of Nanling was quite smooth, could it be that the mountain bandits in Lingnan were really cleaned up by the palace?" ”

Xia Qingshan, the boss of the Xia family, took the water bladder and drank a few big sips before wiping his lips and said with a smile: "How can the mountain bandits be wiped out, but don't forget that the mountain bandits are also called rogues, rogues, that is, they are wandering to commit crimes, and they are not easy to mix in Lingnan, and they have already fled to other places when they see that the situation is not good." ”

Xia Jiang took a sip of water and took over the conversation, "Isn't it time for us to be careful next time we go to other state capitals?" ”

Xia Qingshan sighed, "Who said no, how could other state capitals make great efforts to suppress bandits like Lingnan, otherwise the world would have been peaceful a long time ago." ”

Other state capitals don't say that they are making great efforts to suppress bandits, even if they suppress them, the more they suppress, the more bandits there are!

The more bandits are suppressed, the greater the power.

In the final analysis, it is still the local officials of the Dayu Dynasty who are corrupt, there are too many corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and several mountains are so that the people can't survive, and in order to survive, they can only follow the thieves to run around and commit crimes.

Xia Dashu arranged the convoy, and at this time he also walked over, sat down and drank two sips of water to quench his thirst, then frowned and asked, "Big brother, why did you choose all the tea and cloth for this return trip?" Did the second sister explain to you? ”

Xia Dashu ranks fourth in the Xia family, and the second sister in his mouth is Xia Jing.

Xia Qingshan looked at him, shook his head and said, "She didn't explain to me, it's just that I think that the grain can't be transported, and now the most lacking thing in Lingnan is probably cloth and tea." ”

The royal army is expanding, and it will definitely take a lot of cloth to make military uniforms, and the people are now passing land reform, and this year will definitely be a bumper year.

When the people have money in their hands, they will definitely consume it, eat and wear it, and if they solve it, they will improve their wear, so the cloth will sell well next.

As for tea, there are sea ships going to sea in Lingnan, and the tea he sells back can be sold to the caravans at sea, and he can make a lot of money, so why not?

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